Torbjørn Færøvik's Blog, page 1374

- Det skal være vanskelig å være politiker

I går viste NRKs Brennpunkt-redaksjon dokumentaren "Fredsprisens pris" - om pristildelingen til Liu Xiaobo i 2010 og reaksjonene på den. En gjennomgangsfigur i programmet var stortingsrepresenant Ketil Kjenstand, som også er leder av Stortingets Tibet-komité. Se programmet

Sviende hvitløksballader

Hadde de virkelig lest bøkene til Mo Yan, de som kritiserte ham for å være en nikkedukke for regimet da han fikk Nobelprisen i litteratur? Jeg tviler, skriver NRKs bokanmelder Marta Norheim. Les mer

Kina kan vente seg mer støy

Paraplyrevolusjonen i Hongkong er over for denne gang. Men lukkede paraplyer lar seg åpne på ny. Fortsettelsen kan bli minst like spennende, skriver forfatter Torbjørn Færøvik (bildet) i Dagsavisen. Les mer

Hong Kong protests: Civil servants at work as numbers dwindle

Tens of thousands of people have been on the streets in the past week, but only about 100 protesters remained outside government offices at the Admiralty protest site on Monday morning, and just 10 people were sitting outside the chief executive's office. Read more

C.Y. Leung: Hong Kong's unloved leader

C.Y. Leung, the Hong Kong leader whose resignation has become a rallying cry for the protesters who has filled the city's streets, was a relative unknown before he took the job in 2012. Read more

At 76 years old, I never expected to be tear-gassed in Hong Kong, my once peaceful home

The message of the past week is clear: The people of Hong Kong will fight for our freedom and way of life. At a time when the world is wondering if China will be a responsible member of the global community, Hong Kong has become the essential test, writes Martin Lee, a long-time democracy advocate and founding chairman of the Democratic Party of Hong Kong. Read more

Hong Kong Leader’s Warning Renews Protesters’ Zeal as Crowds Swell

Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong held one of the largest rallies of their campaign Saturday evening, a gesture of defiance following attacks on their encampments and a declaration by the territory’s leader that major roads they have occupied for the last week must be cleared by Monday morning. Read more

Hong Kong protests: Echoes of Tiananmen

The haunting similarities between the Beijing Spring of 25 years ago and the Hong Kong Autumn of today are hard to avoid. Read more

Why is Hong Kong protesting?

The size and passion of these protests have taken observers by surprise, but the demands strike at the very heart of the nature of Beijing's authority. Read more

Defiant Hong Kong demonstrators face threat of police crackdown

Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong must be cleared by Monday morning, its chief executive has announced.Hours after he spoke, however, tens of thousands of people flooded into the Admiralty area of the city centre in the biggest gathering for days. Read more